Blogs from Austria, Europe - page 296

Got up this AM, showered and suddenly decided to skip Mozart, the countryside and hopped a train to Vienna! So we crossed through all of Austria, checked into a hotel, purchased a local train (baun) ticket and got oriented to the city by heading to "the" Opera House. Of course we were hungry after all this traveling and went into a beautiful cafe next to the OH. We ordered tall coffee ice cream floats, sparlking water and a salad. (The schnietzle thing will have wait until it cools down here.) Unfortunately we found a bug in our salad. I wondered if the Viennese waiters are as emotional about complaints as the french waiter was when I had complained about Jenee's Creme Brulee back in Paris. The Vienesse waiter offered another entree but since we were no ... read more

On to Austria. I had planned to meet up with my roommate James in Austria since he is taking a German course in the town of Klagenfurt. I first spent 3 days in Vienna, just in time for a bunch of rain, which kind of takes away from the experience. I was also getting to the point where I had enough of seeing the big cities and wanted to spend more time in the countryside and the smaller towns. However, I stayed at a pretty fun hostel and ran into a couple of guys there that I had met in Prague so we hung out a bit. I also checked out a couple of decent museums to get out of the rain. Im not much of an art buff but I actually enjoyed seeing some of ... read more

Week 2 in the Austrian Alps checking out Salzburg, Innsbruck, Grossglocker (National Park Hohe Tauern), Zell am See and Kitzbuhel.... read more

We took the overnight train to Salzburg and the next morning we were in fairy tale land. Outside we had a beautiful view of a castle and just glorious scenery all around. Salzburg will forever be remembered as one of the most beautiful and cleanest places we have ever visited. To top off the experience of spectacular scenery we also had the BEST and I mean BEST BEER IN THE WORLD!!! People who know me know that I do not like beer but I have to admit that I know understand why people enjoy a good beer especially if served next to some authentic Austrian bratwurst. On the advice of a friend I begged and I mean begged Michael to take me on the "Sound of Music" tour. Yes, folks it is as cheesy as it ... read more

Hi there, back again to tell you about Vienna! Well, we arrived on a beautiful sunny day and walked into our hostel room only to see the two guys who we had befriended in Interlaken, Switzerland sitting there! It was absolutely bizzare! Great though since it then started to rain - and did not stop until we left 2 days later. So we basically went to the supermarket and made food in the hostel kitchen and played cards all night with them. The next day Graeme and I attempted to see some of Vienna's sights but the strong wind and rain sent us back to the hostel early. That night we hunted down some other Canadians and celebrated Canada Day. It was great, although we were a little sad to have missed the Salmon Festival of ... read more